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Tool for finding your representatives and calling them, with scripts. Not surveillance specific, but the fastest route from concern to contact.
Directory
Resources
Everyone working on license plate reader surveillance, on both sides. Critics, researchers, journalists, agencies running programs, and the vendors themselves.
Listing the other side is deliberate. A directory that only carries allies is a reading list, and it is the first thing an opponent points at. Read the agency FAQs and judge for yourself.
Critics and watchdogs
ACLU: Get the Flock Out www.aclu.org
The ACLU's national campaign page against Flock-style ALPR surveillance, with a state-by-state map of affiliate work: local coalitions, contract cancellations, and model legislation. The place to find or join organized opposition in your own state.
ACLU: You Are Being Tracked www.aclu.org
ACLU's long-running research on license plate readers as routine mass location tracking, with model policy recommendations for local governments.
ALPR.watch alpr.watch
Calendar and map of upcoming public meetings with surveillance items on the agenda, with email alerts when one is scheduled near you. The most directly actionable tool in this list.
Atlas of Surveillance atlasofsurveillance.org
EFF database documenting which law enforcement agencies use which surveillance technologies, including several thousand agencies using Flock products.
Ban Flock Cameras banflockcameras.com
Sourced tracker of terminated Flock contracts - 82 across 28 states between August 2021 and May 2026, 39 of them in the first five months of 2026 - plus state-by-state ALPR law pages and a take-action guide framed explicitly as lawful civic advocacy. Its termination data has been cited by national outlets.
DeFlock deflock.org
Crowdsourced map of ALPR camera locations built on OpenStreetMap, around 100,000 devices mapped. The open dataset most other camera maps draw from. Also offers privacy-optimised routing.
EFF: Anti-Surveillance Mapmaker Refuses Flock’s Cease and Desist www.eff.org
EFF represented DeFlock creator Will Freeman after Flock Safety sent a trademark cease-and-desist over the crowdsourced camera map, and rejected the demand as meritless - critical, nominative use of a company name is protected First Amendment activity. The precedent most directly relevant to any site, including this one, that names Flock to report on it.
EFF: Automated Licence Plate Readers sls.eff.org
EFF's technical primer on how ALPR systems work, what they capture, and how the data is shared between agencies. Plain explanation of the mechanics.
EFF: Automated License Plate Readers sls.eff.org
EFF's technical primer on how ALPR systems work, what they capture, and how the data is shared between agencies. Plain explanation of the mechanics.
Eyes Off Indiana eyesoffindiana.org
State-level tracker joining OpenStreetMap camera counts to Census place boundaries and EFF agency records, refreshed nightly. A good model for what a state chapter can look like.
FlockHopper dontgetflocked.com
Route planner that builds driving directions avoiding known ALPR cameras, indexing roughly 90,000 of them.
Have I Been Flocked haveibeenflocked.com
Collects FOIA audit logs from agencies nationwide and makes them searchable and cross-referenced. The place to look before requesting your own city's logs.
Institute for Justice ij.org
Public interest law firm litigating Fourth Amendment challenges to ALPR networks, including the Norfolk case where a court described the camera network as a dragnet over an entire city.
Stop Flock stopflock.com
Long-form explainer on what Flock cameras capture, how widely they are deployed, and the civil liberties questions they raise. Heavily footnoted and a good first read for someone new to the topic.
Reference and research
Cardinal News: 300 miles in rural Virginia cardinalnews.org
A reporter drove across rural Virginia, then requested the surveillance footage police held of his own car. The clearest first-person account of what these systems actually record.
Don’t Flock Me Store dontflockme.store
Third-party print-on-demand merchandise store selling "Don't Flock Me" apparel, flags, and yard signs. Appeared within days of Rep. Massie's July 2026 "don't flock me" post. Despite the word "official" in its branding, we found no affiliation with Rep. Massie or any organization, and no identifiable operator. Listed for completeness; buy at your own judgment.
OpenStreetMap ALPR tagging guide wiki.openstreetmap.org
The tagging standard behind every crowdsourced camera map. Read this before adding a camera you have spotted, so the data is usable by everyone.
Agencies and government
Albany Oregon Police ALPR FAQ albanyoregon.gov
Agency FAQ setting out guardrails, 30-day retention, audit requirements and sharing relationships for a small four-camera deployment.
Chula Vista Police ALPR page www.chulavistaca.gov
A city police department's public account of its 150-camera program, including retention, prohibited uses, and its position on federal sharing under California law. Useful as a benchmark for what your own city should be publishing.
Illinois State Police ALPR transparency page isp.illinois.gov
State-level program detail: vendor, camera counts, retention, and the statutory basis. Notable for stating that ALPR data is not subject to FOIA disclosure in Illinois.
Major Cities Chiefs Association: ALPR in Law Enforcement majorcitieschiefs.com
Guidance from a working group of large-city police chiefs on running an ALPR program, including their own recommended limits. Worth reading before a council meeting: it is the case for the technology made by its most credible proponents.
Vendors
Flock Safety www.flocksafety.com
The company itself. Product pages set out what the system captures, including vehicle fingerprinting and convoy analysis, in the vendor's own words.
Flock Safety: Does Flock share data with ICE? www.flocksafety.com
The company's published position on federal immigration access, with a timeline of the safeguards it has added since 2024. Read alongside the city audits that found federal queries anyway.
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